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11 January 2011

Had a successful eating day yesterday. I feel so happy to be back on track (again). Today a friend wants to celebrate her birthday at Five Guys AND lunch is being provided at work so I decided to enter all my food now to see where I would be at the end of the day if I eat the food that is available. I thought it was going to be horrendous once it was all entered but really, now I know I can go forth and still stay within my caloric limit. Granted, the food might not be the most nutritious but I find that when I'm trying to refocus I have to start with keeping the calories in check and THEN I can focus on whole foods. I also know that if I hadn't taken the time to do this today, I could have easily FAR exceeded my caloric limit by not paying careful attention to the little "extras" that I know will be available today as well both at work and at dinner. This way, I've entered what I know I can eat making careful choices not to include all of my options (i.e. cheese, mayo, fries, pasta salad, coke). That probably seems like a no-brainer to most but sometimes if I think I'm already having too many calories, it's easy for me to think, what difference is cheese, mayo, fries, pasta salad, coke, etc really going to make? Obviously, quite a big difference. I think it would have been difficult if I had entered the bare minimum of what I thought I was going to eat today and see the calories be over my limit--I would have felt a little discouraged. I'm thrilled to see (remind myself) that I can eat what others are eating and still be in control. Good reminder for me.

The good news is that since I started using FS last year around this time, I'm down over 20lbs. and even in my few months of absence from FS, I maintained the loss. Last year at this time, of course, I thought that I would have lost A LOT more (that was the plan, of course) but if I can lose another 20 this year and maintain taht additional loss, I'm still winning. Maybe slow and steady will help me win my race.

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10 January 2011

Weigh-in: 235.6 lb

lost so far: 22.4 lb

still to go: 75.6 lb

Diet followed poorly

add comment gaining 0.4 lb a week

22 November 2010

Weigh-in: 233.0 lb

lost so far: 25.0 lb

still to go: 73.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(1 comment) losing 1.3 lb a week

12 November 2010

Wow--the power of feeling in control is strong--I've only been "back on track" for half a day and I already feel so much better emotionally. In fact, I felt better and so much more in control of my life just after my breakfast. Yay.

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11 November 2010

I've been away from FS for far too long (121 days according to my weigh-in message). I don't know why really...I have checked in from time to time to quietly see how my buddies have been doing but I just haven't been dedicated to my own goals. I think it's related to the stress of life--dealing with other stuff made me stop dealing with my health...although yes, I realize that now is the time I need to be healthy more than ever to counteract the effect of stress.

I'm amazed that I've gained so little over the past 4 months. I have been weighing myself to make sure I've been in check but seriously, it is a miracle because I haven't been eating how I should be. Although the weight has stayed relatively the same, I have noticed my body getting a little bigger again...just a little but I notice it...or I imagine it...I don't know...but whatever it is, I need it to stop and I need to continue to take care of myself.

Weigh-in: 235.0 lb

lost so far: 23.0 lb

still to go: 75.0 lb

Diet followed poorly

(3 comments) gaining 0.1 lb a week

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